IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: Germany’s minister of transport and digital infrastructure Mr Alexander Dobrindt, says he wants to ban noisy freight trains by 2020, ahead of the European Commission’s plan to introduce regulations on the reduction of train noise.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: GERMAN Rail (DB), Toshiba and Henschel have annouced details of a project to covert older diesel locomotives to hybrid power.
IRJ at InnoTrans 2016: GERMANY’s federal transport minister Mr Alexander Dobrindt handed over an innovation funding letter to Bombardier on September 20 confirming a €4m grant to support Bombardier’s project to develop an EMU with batteries for operation on non-electrified lines.
GERMAN Rail’s (DB) next generation high-speed train the ICE 4 was publically unveiled at Berlin Main Station on September 14 by Germany’s federal minister for transport and digital infrastructure Mr Alexander Dobrindt and DB CEO Dr Rüdiger Grube.
JINDAL Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) announced on September 6 that it has become India’s first manufacturer of head hardened rails for high-speed rail and metro applications.
Tickets for Germany’s first crowdfunded train service go on sale at the end of this month following a successful online campaign to finance the venture. Locomore managing director Derek Ladewig explains to Keith Barrow how alternative financing will reshape the relationship between operator and passenger.
Vossloh is nearing the conclusion of its transition from a broad rail solutions provider to a supplier focused on infrastructure. Executive board member Volker Schenk outlines the changes that have taken place in the past two years and the German company’s new strategy to Kevin Smith.
THE managing director of Germany's Pro-Rail Alliance, Mr Dirk Flege, has called for politicians to act on upgrading Germany’s rail network to accept 740m-long 35-wagon freight trains, which is supposed to become the standard in Europe.
GERMAN Rail (DB) has announced it is working with technical universities in Chemnitz and Dresden to develop bi-mode (diesel and electric) trains with lithium-ion battery storage. Between 2017 and 2021 DB intends to convert 13 existing Siemens class 642 Desiro Classic DMUs to hybrid bi-mode configuration.
LOWER Saxony Transport Authority has awarded Bombardier a contract to maintain and service Twindexx Vario double-deck coaches and Traxx locomotives up to 2035, and also to become the vehicles registered keeper.
